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Full impact assessment needed for proposed Nature Restoration Law

...peat extraction sites to achieve these targets, as well as drained peatlands under land uses other than agriculture such as FORESTRY, up to a maximum of 20% of overall target. “The regulation has the potential to remove significant areas of land from...

11 Apr 2023 at 09:56

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Longford Leader Farming: Second meeting of Forestry Policy Group

...resulting from licensing delays and noted the sustained improvement in licensing output since the introduction of the new FORESTRY legislation in mid-October which she expects to continue into 2021. She also acknowledged that there is still some way to go...

04 Jan 2021 at 10:00

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Impact of renewable energy projects on land owners

...from third parties (e.g. Banks or Building Societies). Restoration funds. Insurances and indemnities. Implications on FORESTRY grants and entitlements. Community funds. Length of option term. We have found that representing all of the land owners...

13 Aug 2020 at 12:00

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Fitzmaurice fears that the ‘game could be up’ for another 230 post offices

...forgotten about by this Government. “Will this Government not be happy unless the majority of rural Ireland is covered in FORESTRY?,” he concluded.

16 Nov 2018 at 11:42

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Doyle welcomes Budget 2018 allocation for forestry, horticulture, organics and greyhound Sectors

Expenditure next year will include €106m for the FORESTRY Programme; €16m for Bord na gCon; €5m in capital investment for the commercial horticulture sector and €10.5m for the Organic Farming Scheme with a further €1.2m for development of the organic sector....

13 Oct 2017 at 11:24

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Status Orange high-level fire warning for Longford issued until Monday

...all areas where hazardous fuels such as dead grasses and shrub fuels such as heather and gorse exist. John Casey, Teagasc FORESTRY Development Officer, said: “This risk phase is expected to peak Friday, April 16, but the warning remains in place until...

16 Apr 2021 at 16:59

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Forests and timber provide multiple benefits for Longford

...forests are an ideal land use mix with our other farming systems and provide strong incomes in rural communities where FORESTRY income is a safe and reliable option. Our forests also provide rural employment across the FORESTRY and timber supply...

11 Jun 2020 at 14:00

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Forest and woodland establishment events to be held in Cavan

...is organised by Teagasc, in association with Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM). Landowners consider FORESTRY for many reasons, such as supplementing farm income, farm restructuring, creating bio diverse native woodland or developing...

04 Mar 2020 at 19:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Improvements to System for Forest Licences are working

However, he said farmers need clarity on when the backlog will be cleared. “We need to see new targets and increased output of licences associated with these improvements. Farmers have heard similar promises from the Department in the recent past, ...

04 Jul 2021 at 18:00

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Department of Agriculture assesses damage in aftermath of Ophelia

...winds, flying debris and falling trees. There are also reports of farms experiencing power outages and with regards to FORESTRY, department inspectors are currently working with Coillte to assess the impact on FORESTRY plantations around the...

19 Oct 2017 at 16:00

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Longford Leader Farming: Forest owners' efforts acknowledged by State

Forest certification is a voluntary process used by forest owners to reassure consumers that the wood and wood products they buy come from sustainably managed forests. Certification independently assesses forest management planning and practices ...

04 May 2018 at 14:00

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'Asked to do more with less' - TD seeks clarity on de-carbonisation support for farmers

...in place to support the agriculture sector. Speaking about Budget 2022, she said, "There have been small investments in FORESTRY and organic farming, but nothing substantial for a sector that's supposed to do much of the heavy lifting when it comes...

14 Oct 2021 at 16:30

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